The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Li Ming has experience in baking bricks, cement, and glass, and is not an amateur at making ceramics.

He knew that ceramics made of ordinary materials would definitely not last, and ceramics for watches would require some technical research and development.

Choosing this option is also for the purpose of doing foreign exchange openly.

Many of Zhou Xiaobai's future experiments will require the use of foreign equipment. It is easier to get approval for imported equipment for products that are exported to earn foreign exchange.

The buyer of ceramic watch straps, dials and other accessories must be Xingchen Watch Company in Hong Kong City.

If you want to build a high-end watch brand, but there is no way to tell ghost stories to fool customers, then you have to use technology to make your reputation famous.

The first XX watch will be released a few times, and the advertising soft articles will be promoted a few times, and the quality will rise.

Li Ming tried to make the difficulty as low as possible and said: "You know watches, give advice to people who know how to burn kilns."

"You are particularly critical of the products they bake."

It turned out that he was working as a quality inspector. Master Zhong said, "I should be able to do it."

“If parts such as ceramic watch cases and watch bands can be made, they will definitely be much lighter than today’s all-steel watches.”

Li Ming smiled and said: "I just value ceramics because it is lighter than steel."

"Wearing a big all-steel watch for lesbians is a big burden even if it's not tiring. Give them a model made of lighter materials and it will be more comfortable."

"And no matter how you process steel, you can't make it crystal clear and pure white. A white ceramic watch will definitely look good on a lesbian."

Master Zhong added: "Many people wearing watches with steel chains will have allergic reactions on their skin."

"Leather watch straps are very afraid of water, but they are easily exposed to water in life. They are easily deformed, smelly, and discolored. Leather watch straps have many problems."

"Ceramic ones may avoid these problems."

Li Ming chuckled and said, "Hearing what you said, I really should give it a try."

"When the time comes, we can export abroad, earn more foreign exchange, and buy more equipment to produce fertilizers. If we produce more fertilizers, we can produce more food, and everyone can eat with ease."

Old Master Zhong said in admiration: "Chief Li. I really admire you."

"If other cadres could be like you, our country would definitely develop better."

"Stop praising me. If I don't praise me, I will become proud once I do."

After finalizing the feasibility, Li Ming carried the snacks to the food research room opposite and chatted with Researcher Zhang, Xin Yi and others.

soon.

Zhou Xiaobai, Luo Yun, and Zhang Haiyang returned to the research institute together.

Zhang Haiyang's sharp eyes first spotted the nearby pickup truck, "Li Ming is back from Jincheng."

Zhou Xiaobai also glanced at the minivan and helped the bicycle through the door faster.

Luo Yun followed closely, "Xiaobai, guess what gift he will bring you."

Zhou Xiaobai said with a smile: "He went to work. I won't guess."

In the biology laboratory, Li Ming was already waiting leisurely, "Are you going to the bank to transfer money?"

Zhou Xiaobai smiled happily and said: "Yes, I have already transferred money to 1800 production brigades. I will try to complete the transfer within two days."

There are more funds in the account and more accounts to be transferred. Three people participating together can reduce the chance of errors.

Luo Yun saw the food on the table and said, "I want to see the difference between the twists in Jincheng and the ones in Beijing."

Li Ming pointed to the foam box, "I also brought you ice cream."

Luo Yun said in surprise: "Wow! There is ice cream to eat."

"It's so hot today that I regretted not buying it on the way."

Zhang Haiyang had already walked towards the foam box one step ahead. "People are stupid like this. On the way, they urged me and Zhou Xiaobai to come back quickly."

Luo Yun was too lazy to retort, "Xiaobai, I'll get you a drink. Xiao Ming, do you want it?"

"Bring Xiaobai a cup. I'll just drink some tea."

In the hot summer, eating cold and sweet cold drinks can significantly improve one's spirit quickly.

Zhang Haiyang feels like this now, "It feels so good!"

"In a few days, should we send people to each production brigade to ask? Make sure they receive the money and start working."

Li Ming smiled and said: "Okay. I should be able to receive all the transferred money, but it's hard to say when we start working."

Zhang Haiyang had heard Li Ming's previous analysis and was also mentally prepared. "Anyway, we have urged them. If they are talking nonsense, we have reason to refute them."

"Can we really get the funds to build new classrooms later?"

Li Ming said noncommittally: "It will be the end of the year to complete the maintenance of the school buildings in the suburbs of the capital. If there is recruitment, you have already joined the army."

He carefully asked Zhang Haiyang if he was willing to continue.

Although the matter is very meaningful, going to the army is almost the first dream of 99% of boys in this era.

People like Zhang Haiyang yearn more for the army, "I made the beginning, so I will definitely care about the follow-up situation."

Li Ming confirmed: "There is definitely money."

"I just talked about a new project with Mr. Zhong. Once this project is completed, it is estimated that the turnover will be several million a year."

Luo Yun, who was eating ice cream, asked: "What project is it?"

Even Zhou Xiaobai looked at Li Ming, wanting to hear what he had to say.

It's not that she hasn't seen money before. She just transferred a large amount of money out, and the small treasury at home already exceeds 1 yuan. It's just out of curiosity.

Li Ming did not show off, "Does the watch you are wearing feel a bit heavy?"

Zhang Haiyang shook the watch in his hand and said, "It's not bad. I don't think it's heavy."

Luo Yun was cooperative, "Three or four layers, it feels a bit cumbersome."

Li Ming asked with a smile: "If these steels were replaced with ceramics, do you think it would be lighter?"

Zhou Xiaobai said: "If it's lightweight, can the plastic material be lighter?"

Li Ming explained: "Plastics can be lighter, but our plastic output is too low."

"Petrochemical plants are huge investments. Now the country has no money to invest in infrastructure. It will be difficult to increase production for a while. Plastics must be reserved for more important uses."

"In comparison, the investment threshold for ceramic factories is low. You can start with small-scale production and then expand the scale once profits are accumulated."

Plastic and plastic watch projects are being promoted by watch companies in Hong Kong City. They are mid-to-low-end product line styles.

It's not high-end, it's neither wear-resistant nor stain-resistant, and it ages easily.

Luo Yun also had the same question, "Isn't ceramics easily broken?"

Li Ming said casually: "The smaller the thing, the less likely it is to break, and the same goes for ceramics."

Zhang Haiyang said excitedly: "It sounds like it's very promising."

Li Ming said slowly: "Now the schools in the capital are at peace, and the cleanup teams in each unit are on the right track."

"We can build factories in advance to raise funds for the institute's subsequent research."

Zhou Xiaobai felt sweet in her heart. Her boyfriend did all this for her, "Are we going to upgrade the watch repair and production cooperation group?"

Li Ming asked: "Do we have a ceramics factory in Beijing? I will make the next plan after consulting with professionals."

Luo Yun raised her right hand, "I know there is a ceramics factory next to the Sports University." Zhang Haiyang had run around before and was familiar with the ground. "The one you mentioned is too far away. I know a closer one in Xuanwu. Guang'anmen."

"Okay. I'll ask someone."

Because the idea was a bit counterintuitive, Li Ming planned to go and ask for advice in person.

Even if ceramics that can be used to make watches are not developed, some new materials can certainly be developed, and even progress can be made in microcrystalline ceramics.

It is definitely no problem to use it to earn foreign exchange through exports, and it is still difficult for others to reverse the trend.

Large companies are too lazy to waste time and energy on research and development, while small companies do not have enough funds and motivation to fight hard. It is a small but beautiful industry with a threshold.

To test the quality of a developed country, you can see whether there are many such small and beautiful industries.

This is the scientific and technological heritage of the entire country.

Many countries are just countries with higher incomes and are not actually developed countries.

port city
in the morning.

Lou Xiao'e has received the news that Su State is sending troops.

Last night, the Soviet Union's electronic warfare troops implemented powerful electronic jamming measures to the west, causing a large number of radars and electronic listening equipment in the west to fail.

With such an abnormal situation suddenly occurring, the people of the Magnesium Kingdom must do their best to gather information.

21日凌晨1点50分，布拉格时间慢京城6个小时，也就是京城和港城时间的早上7点50分。

Prague's radio station issued a special message: "troops from the Soviet Union and other countries have crossed the border. I hope everyone will remain calm and not take any resistance actions." '

Only then did the truth come out.

A few hours have passed, and currently we only know that troops have been dispatched. No one knows the specific situation.

Manager Tang Hongde, who had been soaked in a lot of rain, had just come back, "Chairman. Director Lou said that it is very calm in West Germany and the market is as usual."

"As long as it's okay. It's really annoying to him, and he doesn't know how to call back to say he's safe." Lou Xiao'e complained.

Tang Hongde helped explain: "What happened in Prague is hundreds of kilometers away from Cologne, so Mr. Lou thought it didn't matter."

Lou Xiao'e was still a little angry, "If a war really broke out, it would only take a few hours for the armored vehicles to drive over, and he wouldn't even have time to run away."

Tang Hongde suggested: "Chairman, how about I make another call and ask Director Lou and the others to evacuate to Toulouse or London in Ying first?"

Lou Xiao'e knew that what she said was out of anger, "It's raining heavily outside, so don't bother anymore."

Tang Hongde said slowly: "Cologne is only a few dozen kilometers away from Belgium and Helan, so Mr. Lou can still make it in time."

The locations of the three factories in Ouzhou were selected based on the major factor of safety, raw materials, supporting factories, transportation, and radiation areas around the factories.

Boom, boom. Boom, boom.

"Come in."

The little follower Axia asked: "Chairman, will you get off work later?"

Lou Xiao'e nodded and said, "I'm off work too. Have all the branches been notified?"

Axia replied: "The notification is ready. They have already taken safety measures for the passage of the typhoon as planned."

"That's okay. Please pay attention to safety on the way back from get off work." Lou Xiao'e warned.

"Okay, Chairman." The little attendant obediently closed the door.

Lou Xiao'e said kindly: "Mr. Tang, I would like to ask you to bring someone on duty today."

Tang Hongde said cheerfully: "Every branch office is ready. I just sit in the company and read a book."

When a typhoon comes, work and production will be suspended, but there must still be personnel on duty. Xingchen Company pays more attention to fairness, and senior executives must take turns to be on duty.

The employees of Xingchen Company deserve to pay more. It can be said that there are many people in Hong Kong City who wish they could take their place.

After the company's semi-annual report came out, in order to boost morale, Xingchen Company received a bonus from top to bottom.

Those at the deputy manager level are looking for people to inquire about villas, and those at the manager level are asking about villas in the middle of the mountain or on the top of the mountain.

With so many people taking money, the approximate amount of dividends and bonuses cannot be kept secret.

The year-end bonus at the end of last year was already very enviable.

There are actually so many half-year awards, which makes the whole Hong Kong city very envious and jealous.

It has also put a lot of pressure on the bosses in Hong Kong City. Now they are not only worried about good managers going out to work alone, but also worried about people who have no intention of working alone to leave for Xingchen Company.

They are all working part-time, so whoever pays more must work part-time, not to mention that Xingchen Company is famous for treating its employees well.

Every time Xingchen Company recruits people, there are long queues, resulting in an increasingly obvious phenomenon of selecting the best among the best.

In fact, the personal abilities of old employees are obviously not as good as those of new employees, which brings problems to the management of Xingchen Company.

Newcomers may feel that their immediate superiors are not as good as themselves, but they are just lucky enough to have joined the company a year and a half earlier. Older employees may have a sense of superiority towards new employees and show off their seniority.

This virtually increases the difficulty of communication.

If this issue is not properly handled, businesses such as instant noodles with increasing competitive pressure are likely to go wrong.

Lou Xiao'e returned to Canruge's home.

Tired of looking at various reports, she found a mainland translation of Marshall's book "Principles of Economics" to refresh her mind.

Keynes's "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money", Hayek's "Prices and Production" and "The Road to Serfdom", Chamberlain's "The Theory of Monopolistic Competition", etc., all have corresponding translations in the mainland.

As internal reading materials, they are now on Lou Xiao'e's bookshelf.

You won’t learn much from learning, that is, if you just swallow it all, you will know that there is such a thing, and you will have a calmer mind when encountering some outrageous things.

When Lou Xiaoe returned home, Li Ming was still at the Chengxi Innovation Technology Research Institute.

He had to deal with possible phone calls at his home in Gangcheng, so he didn't bring Lou Xiao'e into the small world.

The two of them bought two more houses downstairs as the base of the security company. There is a permanent security team, so there is no problem with safety.

Moreover, Li Ming has a meeting in the factory in the afternoon and has no time to accompany Lou Xiaoe.

"Unite and fight the enemy together"

Celebrate the establishment of the Fujian Provincial Committee.

The remaining three provinces of Guangxi, Tibet, and Xinjiang are also making intensive preparations, and it only happened in the past few days.

Basically, all localities have reluctantly bid farewell to the situation of not being able to find responsible agencies or people who can make decisions when something happens.

Meeting after meeting.

Time flies.

8 month 25 day.

All countries are basically aware of the major events that happened in Prague.

It only takes a few hours to capture a country with hundreds of thousands of regular troops and thousands of tanks.

How countries around the world feel about it, it’s not that the people involved can’t comment, but we ourselves were greatly shocked!
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I want to start a new book from 1961 or 62. (I guess I need to change my account, this author’s name is ambiguous)
This book was originally planned to be written in 1971, because after 72 it was time to become a foreigner and there was nothing to write about.

Some things are obviously difficult to write about.

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The book should be finished before the end of June. (End of chapter)